This website is a collection of horror stories, news reports and other information addressing problems with Paypal, Inc..

PayPal Warning

While we do not have the resources to verify each and every complaint we receive, we do believe that all reports posted here are true based on our own experience with Paypal and the growing number of corroborating horror stories we receive every day. The main subject of the majority of these horror stories is the following:

Your Paypal account can be frozen at any time, without advance notice, leaving you without your money for months (if not forever), and there isn't much you can do about it.If you would like to submit your own PayPal horror story, we would be more than happy to post it for everyone to read, providing that it is truthful and void of inappropriate language. Please feel free to submit your story by clicking Here

How Does PayPal Make Money With My Money?

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, there are approx. 100,000 complaints outstanding at PayPal (Are any of these yours?). In many instances disputes can run on for months leaving people frustrated and out of pocket as they are unable to access their accounts. So what happens to the millions of dollars tied up in frozen accounts and disputes? Well, here is a clip from the San Francisco Chronicle that basically sums it up:

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel of San Jose refused to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks class-action status on behalf of thousands of PayPal customers nationwide. A common allegation is that the company brushes off or stalls customer grievances for months and meanwhile freezes the customer's account and pockets the interest (So that's how they make their money!). No wonder they freeze so many accounts!

My account suddenly stopped processing credit card transactions. They all come back as DENIED by my CC companies, but all my CC’s are in good standing and the companies (Amex, Chase, etc.) are not even receiving the transactions so they … Continue reading →

It is almost impossible to make a formal complaint to Paypal, they make it confusing and time consuming. Paypal take money immediately from my account but have a long term habit of witholding refunds for many days. As already stated … Continue reading →

My letter to paypal: Paypal Issue Mass Email I am at my wits end with your company and your employees whom either are rude to me, talk down to me or ask for personal information ( social security number etc) … Continue reading →

By May 2014 I changed and verified my credit/debit card in PayPal account. Before I had no problems with paying by PayPal. By June 2014 I had to buy several items from eBay. There is problem began — I could … Continue reading →

I called PayPal because they had taken money out of my account without my knowledge. The person I spoke to was so rude she made me sick to me stomach. She even cut my call and forwarded it to ebay … Continue reading →

This incident happened at 3’0 clock to 25 past 3. This male paypal staff member was being slightly funny with me in a fedup way so then I went mad back at the staff because this question that this staff … Continue reading →

My account was PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED. NONE of the information has changed. The problem began after I cancelled a payment made by paypal that should have been through bill me later. The order was for an expensive generator for several hundred … Continue reading →

After being an eBay user buyer/seller since 2009 I have never had funds held until now. In the last month every bit of my funds were held on every sale I made. Customer Service gave many reasons why but when … Continue reading →

Through no fault of my own, my item has been irreparably damaged by the buyer, leaving me with significant liquidated damages. The buyer, by his own admission, dismantled the vintage microphone after he received it, to inspect it internally. He … Continue reading →